2023 BCNH Show of Dreams

[mach7]

We took our MGB to the British Cars of New Hampshire Show of Dreams today.

It was a good showing, I guess there were 150-200 cars there. A few very rare cars.

Some highlights were:

An original 1965 Ford GT40












At the other end is the Hillman Imp. I didn't know there were any in the US.








One of my favorite cars of the show. A 1948 MG TC. Its been in the family for years and has never been restored.
It was green, but was painted red in the '60s.
I love this car!

[mach7]

The MGB's









Some "T" MGs









A REALLY nice Jag 120







A 1997 MGF. The owner just imported it to the US from the UK.
I love this car also!







1974 Jensen Interceptor. Beautifully done.







Some more Jags.

Mk. 2







E types





A beautiful 120

[mach7]

Morgans!







Allard







MG Arnolt







MGA





1985 AC 3000

[406 Silverado]

What an impressive show Mark and it would appear that you had a great time while you were there. All KINDS of things eye candy!!! I love that GT-40. Cool story behind that one. Thank you for sharing all of these with us bud. Nothin like a good car show

[mach7]

[mach7]

Jul 22, 2023 18:56:48 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

What an impressive show Mark and it would appear that you had a great time while you were there. All KINDS of things eye candy!!! I love that GT-40. Cool story behind that one. Thank you for sharing all of these with us bud. Nothin like a good car show

We did have a great day. 

Surprisingly we had many people come and talk to us about our car. It's just a daily driver B, nothing special.


We talked to many people and saw many cars! The weather was great also. 

[mach7]

[Leon]

Really great looking cars and a nice turn out Mark!

[406 Silverado]

Still more cool looking cars. What's that last one with the small block Ford in it?

[mach7]

The Sunbeam Tiger.
Its the V-8 version of the Sunbeam Alpine.
Carroll Shelby helped designed it and wanted to do the conversions at his shop but Roots, the parent company of Sunbeam decided to use Jensen to do the work.

The Tiger is a desired roadster amongst British car enthusiasts.


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbeam_Tiger

This is a Sunbeam Alpine. The straight 4 version the Tiger was based on.




Oddly enough, the Alpine is the first car James bond drives in the movies. Making it the first "Bond" car. 

[stikpusher]

Wow! That was quite the rally/show! Lots of eye candy there to admire! My dad had a few MG roadsters when I was a little boy, so those always have a special place in my mind and heart. Reminders of once upon a time...

[TJ]

My dad grew up in England. Many stories of his driving exploits while living there

[buddho]

Beautiful cars ..thank you for sharing sone fine pictures on what looked like a picture perfect day.

[deafpanzer]

That's pretty cool of you to share those pics especially the makers logos! +1 karma for you to take your time doing this.

[Medicman71]

Very nice cars!

[mach7]

Jul 29, 2023 10:35:48 GMT -5 deafpanzer said:

That's pretty cool of you to share those pics especially the makers logos! +1 karma for you to take your time doing this.

Thanks very much!

I have some new ones to share.

[handiabled]

I would LOVE to see a show like this around here (locally) Most of the car shows in the area are very light on British sports car. Thanks for posting this!!

[mach7]

Until I got my MG and joined a few clubs I never knew they were going on.

In the north east we have 2 big shows, This one, The "Show of Dreams" put on by the British Car's of New Hampshire and the "British Invasion" in Vermont in the fall.

I started going to the local Cars N Coffee's, met some other British car folks, and found a few clubs.

Here in the US the local car culture is heavily based on US muscle car and German cars, Nothing at all
wrong with that. But there are always a few Brit's there. They will know the local clubs.

Where are you located? I might be able to find a club close by.

Yesterday I went to a Cars N Coffee at a New Hampshire car collectors house. AMAZING cars! And an excuse to drive over 200 miles!

[mach7]